Episode Description How does China look like today? What do Americans like about China? What kind of opportunities for Americans come to China? Working in the US Embassy and have lived in two big China cities, Guangzhou and Beijing, Janice Englehart has observed China with her unique way. Through her professional work, and through her personal life, Janice has deeply engaged in the energetic working style and life style in China. She will help you demystify what China really is. If you are interested in exploring China, or working with Chinese people, or looking for opportunities to bring your own product or services to China, you will find this discussion highly informative and exciting. Guest: Janice Englehart Janice Englehart joined U.S. Embassy Beijing’s Cultural Affairs Section in August 2016 after managing art and cultural programs for 5 years at U.S. Consulate Guangzhou. She programs events for music, film, and the performing arts, as well as coordinates the Embassy’s speakers program. In addition to her work in arts management, Janice has over 25 years of experience in the fields of environment, health, and social services. She has worked extensively with public, private, and not-for-profit organizations in policy analysis, public involvement programming, and project management. Janice holds Masters degrees in Public Health and Social Work from Columbia University and a B.A in Philosophy and German from the University of Notre Dame. She grew up in Los Angeles and now considers Seattle home 最近我去朋友家做客,与朋友的孩子晶晶聊天时,我问她准备申请什么样的大学和专业,她说想学和心理健康有关的专业,并且现在已经在课外做了很多青少年抑郁症方面的分享,来帮助学生和家长们普及这方面的知识。这让我很吃惊,这才知道这个花季少女居然得了抑郁症。不过现在她已经大有好转,很振作了,并且知道自己追求的目标是什么。这次聊天一下子把抑郁症这个问题第一次拉到我面前,而且这么近。
我从来没有想到自己看着长大的这个朋友家的孩子会有这个病,也从来没有想过自己的孩子有没有可能会有忧郁症。可能很多家长也都没想过这个问题。不过抑郁症以前离我们也并不是特别遥远。以前以为这些名人或者艺人容易得这种病,后来以为中国来到美国的留学生不适应美国的学习和生活才会得这种病,这一次,面对着这个在我眼中一直是乐观开朗的女孩,是个ABC(American Born Chinese)美国出生长大的孩子,我一下子被敲了个警钟。 于是我去网上查了一下资料,让我看到了一组心惊胆跳的数字。根据世界卫生组织统计,全世界抑郁症患者达3.5亿人,而仅仅在中国,已经有近1亿患者,每年有20多万人因为抑郁症而自杀,而且有年轻化的趋势. 预计到2020年,抑郁症可能成为全球人类第二大疾病。 所以,我和晶晶及她的妈妈一起录制了这个访谈。希望让更多的孩子 和家长能够扫扫盲,了解抑郁症的症状以及应对方法,帮助孩子早日认识并摆脱这种疾病的缠绕。 下一期,我们将重点聊聊怎样治疗抑郁症,家长、孩子、专家、朋友都分别能做些什么。希望能对您有所帮助。期待下期与您再见! 欢迎留言您的所思所想。想获取更多这方面的信息,也请关注我的微信公众号:zhongmeishangye,Michelle漫谈中美商业 上一期采访了正在华盛顿大学读大一的Sam,他14岁独自来到美国读高中,从开始上课听不太懂到毕业前学业和社会活动都取得了值得自豪的成就,还荣获了美国总统教育奖(President's Award for Educational Achievements)。这一期Sam将分享他在美国是怎样申请大学和选择学校的。
1. 在美国如何申请大学? 2. 申请美国大学的时候可以运用什么资源? 3. 如何选择大学? 4. Sam 是怎样获得美国总统教育奖的? 5. 美国大学生活和高中生活有什么不同? 6. 比起生活和语言能力,适应异国环境更重要的是什么? 欢迎留言您的所思所想。想获取更多这方面的信息,也请关注我的微信公众号:zhongmeishangye,Michelle漫谈中美商业。 This is an article I published on my public WeChat account Michelle漫谈中美商业 (Wechat ID: zhongmeishangye) 中文
最近见到一个来自深圳的女企业家,四十多岁,从事传统制造业。她本身很有传奇色彩,二十多年前只身闯荡深圳,从给别人打工到自己开工厂,吃尽了苦头,历经十五年把公司做成了行业老大。 她有一个梦想,让她的传统产品突破多年的行业壁垒,变成智能+实用的产品,为此她带领团队采用视频的方式把这个美丽而又朦胧的梦想展现出来,然后全世界地寻找能够帮助他们实现梦想的合作伙伴,而这次他们来到了美国,想寻求微软的支持。 她通过三个朋友才辗转找到我,希望我利用多年在微软工作积累的广泛人脉帮帮她。于是我就召集相关的微软人员开了个会,会上大家听完她激情澎湃的讲述后,马上有人提出:你有时间里程碑吗?你究竟需要微软提供怎样的支持和帮助?你的梦想什么时候可以实现?微软人理性的思维和训练有素的行为方式不断地挑战着这个女企业家。女企业家说,我不知道具体如何实现这个智能化的梦想,但我知道微软的科技能够帮助我们。如果你们愿意合作,我们可以一起一步一步地去实现,无论需要多少年,无论失败多少次,但是我希望尽快行动起来,不要错过商机。 很多微软人听到后,心里会暗笑,笑她的莽撞和做事方法。即使她在中国是行业老大,但像这样怀揣着一个梦想就来找微软,很少见,也不符合微软这样的公司的行事风格。然而我却很佩服她的激情,她不仅有远大的目标,也有足够的胆识和不屈不挠的意志。 纵观历史,所有从0到1的转变在世人眼中最初都是笑话,天方夜谭,当年微软的创始人比尔.盖茨也有一个被大家嘲笑的梦想:“每个家庭的桌子上有一台个人电脑”,然而几十年后,他的梦想变为现实!同样的经历发生在“发明之父”爱迪生身上,灯泡也曾被嘲笑为鬼火。马云创建阿里巴巴时,召集了24个朋友讲述他的创业梦想,23个反对,1个说可以试试,不行就赶紧逃回来,可十几年后阿里巴巴已经是全世界闻名的企业了。 我对女企业家说:“你一定会成功的!”期待着她实现梦想的那一天,我相信那天不会太远。 Shenzhen Global Enterprise Workshop at Microsoft Facilitated by Michelle Zou Oct. 26, 2016 On October 26, I facilitated a workshop to help Chinese companies learn from Microsoft on how to run a global enterprise. Over 20 companies from Shenzhen in the Global Enterprise Workshop Program visited Microsoft Headquarter in Redmond. This is part of the one-week event organized by Shenzhen Foundation for International Exchange and Cooperation (SFIEC), and Washington State China Relations Council (WSCRC). Many Chinese companies are inspired to become a global enterprise as they grow and become to do business with customers and partners outside of China. They often started with openning an office oversea for sales or business development, then gradually adding more functions. However, globalization does not simply mean you set up an office in another country, it is how you understand other cultures, how to adapt to other cultures and ways of doing business, and how you do business in a way with customers/partners in a different culture. It also needs to consider how to structure, manager and operate internationally. The delegation from China was leaded by Mr. Ma Weihua, Chairman, National Fund for Technology Transfer and Commercialization (NFTTC), and former CEO of China Merchants Bank. The workshop participants are CEOs from large companies in China, Diana Yao, Director for Microsoft Worldwide Sales Strategy, shared her learnings about Chinese companies go global, through her many years experience working in Chinese and Multinational companies. Sanket Akerkar, Microsoft Vice President of Global Enterprise shared with participants on Microsoft’s strategies in market prioritization for product R&D and marketing investment, worldside sales operations, how Microsoft structures its resources to manage and cover global customers, how Microsoft manage and evaluate its accounts, and Microsoft’s view of future opportunities, especially with the trends happening in the market. A reporter interviewed me when I was in China as a speaker for the US Speaker Program. Here is the article published on the US Embassy social media Weibo website in China.
media.weibo.cn/article?id=2309404037687739850577&from=timeline&isappinstalled=1&jumpfrom=weibocom&luicode=10000370
I was very honored to be invited as a speaker by the US Embassy and delivered a series of speeches and workshops in China in September. The audience were government officials, entrepreneurs, professionals and college students. Below is one of the Q&A session posts in the US Embassy Beijing social media site after a public speech.
http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_67f297b00102x548.html
Women entreprenueurs participants in China Center, US Embassy in Beijing. The event was organized by US Embassy (the officer in the middle), On September 29, I delivered a workshop on How to Pitch Your Stories with 50 outstanding women enterpreneurs in China. The event was organized by US Embassy in Beijing. Each of the participants have their own business, some are startups and some are healthy small busineses. In the workshop, they learned a methdology that I have developed to put togehter the value proposition of their company or product. They also had the opportunity to pracitice the 30-seconds elevator pitch of their business or produt, and get feedbacks from each other. They then learned how to tell a story to make their value proposition stick with the audience if they have two more minutes. Everyone was excited about their stories. Here is the post from the US Embassy to advertise the event. 小组讨论:针对职业女性有效的商业沟通策略 日期: 2016年9月29日 时间:2:00pm – 4:00pm 地点: 北京美国中心 朝阳区燕莎桥东,美国使馆东门签证处北侧入口 交通:地铁 10号线,亮马桥站B出口上来,向东300米至天泽路左转,直行200米路西 请加入我们探讨职业女性如何利用有效的沟通技巧,能更有效地获取资金,成为高效的管理者,并改善经营业绩。美国大使馆中国国内经济组负责人Sarah Beran将与TMT一起共同举办活动,欢迎参与活动的杰出的企业家们分享他们的经验,洞察力和战略,参与者可以用它们来实现他们的业务目标。Michelle Zou,美国杰出的企业顾问和太平洋技术咨询集团的创始人兼首席执行官,将主持讨论。讨论将侧重于中国的女企业家如何通过发展领导力和沟通策略实现自己的战略目标。该讨论将用中文进行。不提供翻译。 I am very impressed by the US Embassy activities in China. With my very limited exposure to the US Embassy in my life, I only knew that the Embassy handles visa applications and sometimes important diplomatic arrangements and issues. In the fall of 2016, I was invited as a speaker to China by US Embassy, and they arranged a series of events for me to share with various audiences in three cities from September 25 to 30, From this engagement, I discovered the other many things that the US Embassy does. Almost every American employee I met in the US Embassy or Consulate speaks Chinese! They are very much integrated to the local culture and economy. I was very impressed by the efforts they made.
Below is one of the event promotions the US Embassy in Beijing did for my speech. They used the most popular Chinese social media tools such as Weibo and WeChat to promote the event, with Chinese and English. Impressive, right? This is the post that US Consular in Shenyang published on its Wechat for my workshop for entrepreneurs.
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